Improvement in combined rake and reel for harvesters



P. F. HoDGEs.

" HarvesterV Hauke.4

Patented May 17, 187.0. y

we ifm l Letters Patent No.103,15, dated May 17, 1370.

IMPROVEMENT IN `cazqMnnvED BAKE AND REEL PoR HARVESTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent` and making part of the same I, ILINY F. HoDGEs', of- Moline, inthe county of ARock Island and State of Illinois," have invented cer- ',taiu Improvements in a Combined Rake and Reel for Harvesting-Machines, of which the following is a specification. p

My invention relates to the combination of mechamsm with a rake and reel-for harvesting-machines, in

`such a manner that it shall cause therake to make a corresponding revolution with the reel, and also sweep the grain from the platform in the `are of a circle, while passing over the same, as will be explained. In the accompanying drawings- Figure 1 is a view of the rake and `reel as att-ached 4to the platform of a! harvesting-macl-iine,and embodying my invention Figure 2 is al side view of the same, showing the position of the rake at the rear end ofl the platform.

Figure 3 is a view of the rake and wheel to which the rake is attached by means of a hinge.

Figure 4 is'a section of the rcel-shaft, showing the reel-arms and a segment of a bevel-wheel attached to the reel-boss.

Figure 5.is a side view, next to the-recl-post, of the spur-wheel, which supports the rake, showing an elon- 4 gated co". I

Figure 6 is a side view of a sectoral 4spur-wheel, showing an open space which admits the elongated cog, shown in fig. 5, when the wheels are in motion.

Figure i' is a view of a section Vof the reel-post, showing a sleeve fixed thereon in which the reel-shaft turns, and around which the rake is. revolved.

Figure S represents a modification of the wheels, shown in figs. 5 and 6.

A is a reel-post, to which t-hc sleeve B is fixed.

C is a reel-shaft, which receives motion from a chainwhcel, E, which isprovided with aV spur-wheel, D, upon the inner side thereof, and attached to the outer end of the shaft C, and, by a chain-belt, connected with a similar wheel upon the driving-slni-ft of the harvester', by means of which, aided by the wheels D, 1I, I, and G, the rake` andi-eci receive indepcmlent rotary motion.

The above -arrangementof the sheave is particu.

` larly adapted to a rigid-bar machine, `but in most cases I prefer to drive the 4rake andl reel from the counter-shaft.

The rake F is securedto the wheel G by means of the Vhinge O. rIhe bearing of the wheel G extends tlicwhole length of the sleeve B, and thus prevents then rake from sliding upon the. sleeve longitlulinally.

The spur-wheel 1i is` equal in diameter with the wheel D, and is secured to a shaft, 7l, which passes through the rcel-post A; ata point below the reclshaft C, so that the cogs ofthe wheels D and H shall Voperate together.

Upon the end of thc shaft yZ, which is on the inner side of the reel-post A,'is fixed a sectoral spur-wheel, I, which acts upon the wheel G. Y

The reel-arms J are securedto a reel-boss, K, to which is also attached a segment of a bevel-wheel, L, as shown in g. 4. l i

Upon the rake-arm F is also fixed a corresponding segment of bevel-gear, M,`which is operated by t-h e segment L.

lVhen the chain-wheel E is turned, the rake F is caused, by the action of the wheels described, to revolve around the stationary sleeve B, and assume a position as part of the reel, until it. teaches a point over the forward end of the platform, when the elongated cog of the wheel G, to which the rake is hung, passes into the open space of the sectoral Wheel l,

:and resting ynear the center of said wheel, is thereby' heldA in a stationary position while the sectoral wheel vI traverses the distance of the open space in said wheel, during which time the rake F iscaused, by the action of the beveled segments L and M, to turn upon the hinge O, horizontally, over' the platform,and

sweep the grain therefrom, delivering the same at the side of the machine opposite to the standing grain.

I have shown the reel supported upon one side only` of the platform, but, by providing a suitable bearer, and extending the reel-shaft C across the platfhrm, 1t may be supported upon both sides thereof.

lhe beveled segments L and M have been de scribed as of equal dimensions, and, when so constructed, the velocity of the rake while passing over theplatform will be equal to the speed of the reel. But it is evident that the said segments may be constructed of different radii, and the larger one placed vupon the rake-arm, and that the wheels D and H may be fixed upon their respective shafts, correspondiugly, to one side of their respective centers, for the purpose of retardiug the motion of the sectoral wheel I during the passage of the rake over the platform, and that, when so constructed andl arranged, the velocity of the rake, while traversing the platform, will be correspondingly less than the speed of the reel.

This diercntial speed may be usedV to advantage in heavy grain, where it is' necessary to increase the velocity of thc reel in order to obtain bundles of' a l proper size.

' bevel segments must be constructed obliquely thereto. I prefer the position shown in fig. 3.

The differential wheels G and I may be constructed as shown in fi". 8, being pivoted eccentrlcally upon their shafts, and, if desired, being slightly oval in form and, when so made and used, the rake will asma, les

the first clause of claim, the bevel segments L and M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, substantially as set forth, of an intermittently-revolving rake, a continuously rcvolving reel, and the wheels D, H, I, and G.

4. In combination with the elements enumerated in the last preceding clause, the bevel segments L and M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

PLINY F. HODGES.

lVi tnesses SAMUEL P. Honoris, LEVI F. HARsoN. 

